Improved hose



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Lettera Patent No. 76,049, date Marat 31, 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN:

Be it known that-I, ANDREW CARNEY, o" New York, in the county and Stateof New York, have invented a. new and useful Improvement in Hose forconducting water, te.; and I do hereby declare that the following is n.full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enablethoseskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had totheaccompanying drawings forming part of this lspecification.

This invention relates to a new and improved method of constructinghosefor` conducting water forced through the same, whereby the said hoseis rendered more strong and durable, and a freer passage is given towater through the-same. In the accompanying plate of drawings- I Figure1 is a plan view' of my invention. i

Figure 2 is a eross-section of the same, taken in the line :n rv, fig.1.

The hose is made of leather or other material, having like qualities,and is formed into a continuous shot or length by joining pieces of thesame, formed into atube, in` the following manner.: The leather or othermaterial is formed into a. hollow cylinder or tube of therequired'diameter, and the edges 'are butted together instead of beinglapped, as is now commonly the case. A strip of the same mlterial isthen laid longitudinally over'the seam, inside and out, and the partsare then riveted' together, as shown in the drawing, with a row-ofrivets on each side of the seam. '.lwo tubes thus lformed arethen'butted together, and a strip' of like material as the tubes isplaced over the joint on the outside, and a row of rivets, on eachsident` the joint, is rivetedthrough both the tube andthe strip, wherebya strong and tight joint is made. Tube after tube, invlike manner, isadded until the hose is of the required length.

The joint between any two tubes is not formed in a plane at rightlangles to aline running through the centre of the tube, when the tube isstraight, as'is now commonly the case, but the leather is so cut thatthe joint isAJ in the line ofra screw-thread around the tube, 4as shownin the drawing,`\vhereby greater strength is gained.v i VHaving thusdescribed my invention, I claim as new, -and desire-to secure by LettersPatent- Therconstrueting of l1ose,'for conducting water, formed ofleather or other material of suicient 'strength und vflexibility,joined,substantially as shown and described. l

The above speciication of my invention signed by me, this 28th day ofDecember, 1867.

ANDREW CARNEY.

Witnesses:

WM. F. McNAMAn'A, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

